Dimensionally Stable Door

[ebaxter]

Hope this isn't a stupid question but what is a dimensionally or non-dimensionally stable door? I have just purchased internal and external oak veneered doors are they this term?

Any tips on good products for finishing please? I want a clear finish that simply enhances the colour and grain of the wood.

Loved the finish my Osmo UV oil gave me on my back door but I have a problem where water appears to have been absorbed in the bottom of one of the panels. NOt sure if this the product, the application or a failure of the door. I'm hoping it'll dry out OK and I will use some sort of sealtant in the inside of the panel all around the joins.

Have Osmo Polyx for my internal doors but slighty nervous to use it now. Also I have stained the front door frame which is yet to be installed with the Osmo UV oil and I wonder if I should try and put another protective product on top it.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

 

[imamartian]

with respect, what a bizarre post... can you translate it to English? are you after mechanical dimensions, or paint advice?

 

[big-all]

dimensionally Stable Door??

non standard door you dont want to warp??
standard size stable door thats twisting??
normal sized door thats stable??

dimensionally or non-dimensionally are opposits and a term i dont understand they look like words taken from part off a sentance where out off context have no meaning

 

[Jasonb]

A dimensionally stable door would tend to have a made up core either from laminating strips of solid timber together or chipboard, this would then be veneered.

A non stable door would be built in the traditional way with styles, rails and panels all from single pieces of solid timber which will expand, contract and hopefully not warp.

The problem with using an oil on an external door like you described in your other post is that it just coats the surface, a varnish will form a film that bridges across the joint between the rails and panels greatly reducing the risk of water getting between the two and wicking up the panel.

Jason

 

[ebaxter]

Thanks Jason. Can I now add a varnish layer to the top or something else that will offer me better protection but not alter the colour too much?

I'm not sure if I should purchase another system to complete the front door. It is a different style to the back and doesn't have the same sort of joins where water could easily get in, at least I think!

To clear up my maybe garbled post. The question I asked about a dimensionally stable door comes from the back of the tin of Osmo Oil, it says suitable for use on dim or non-dim stable doors. I asked the lady in the shop who recommended the product what that meant and she said a door thats splits in two!

I guess the main question I am asking is would you use osmo oil

a/ on external doors? if not could you recommend an alternative? or something I can now add to my door that I have already coated with the Osmo UV to at least stop any further damage.

b/ on internal doors. Will the polyx provide me with suitable protection on my veneered oak doors?

Hope that's better. Thanks in advance

 

[foamit]

Lady in shop has wrong end of stick. a stable door does split in two, but what you are taking about is conpletely different thing.

As was described by previouse post that is correct terminolgy for different contructions of timber doors.